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AI Summary of Article 390 Calculation of the exposure value

This document outlines the methodology for calculating total exposures to a client or a group of connected clients. Exposures must be summed from both the trading and non-trading books, with specific provisions for offsetting long and short positions in financial instruments based on their seniority. Institutions must also assess exposure values for derivative and credit derivative contracts using defined methodologies, particularly when underlying instruments are involved.

Further, exemptions to exposure calculations within specific time frames related to foreign exchange and securities transactions are detailed. The European Banking Authority (EBA) is tasked with developing regulatory technical standards to clarify conditions under which certain transaction structures do not constitute additional exposures.

Version status: Amended | Document consolidation status: Updated to reflect all known changes
Version date: 28 June 2021 - onwards
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Article 390 Calculation of the exposure value

1.The total exposures to a group of connected clients shall be calculated by adding together the exposures to individual clients in that group.

2.The overall exposures to individual clients shall be calculated by adding the exposures in the trading book and the exposures in the non-trading book.

3. For exposures in the trading book, institutions may:

(a) offset their long positions and short positions in the same financial instruments issued by a given client, with the net position in each of the different instruments being calculated in accordance with the methods laid down in Chapter 2 of Title IV of Part Three;

(b) offset their long positions and short positions in different financial instruments issued by a given client, but only where the financial instrument underlying the short position is junior to the financial instrument underlying the long position or where the underlying instruments are of the same seniority.